At their best, religious and spiritual communities help us discover this pure and naked spiritual encounter. At their worst, they simply make us more ashamed, pressuring us to cover up more, pushing us to further enhance our image with the… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More often, I have felt God's reality in the simple encouragement of a friend, in the gentle inspiration of a sermon,… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I love writers who are insightful enough to be cynical but choose not to be. — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“I have a confession to make.121 Almost every time I tune in to religious radio or TV, I want to change my religion. I” — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“If, for you, orthodox means finally “getting it right” or “getting it straight,” mine is a pretty disappointing, curvy orthodoxy. But if, for you,… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
That in itself is an act of peacemaking, because we're seeking to align our wills with God's will, our dreams with God's dream. — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“The wise preacher of Ecclesiastes might say, “There is a time for everything—a time to be laid-back and a time to be outraged; a… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly always felt… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“There’s a lot of dirty theology out there, the religious counterpart to dirty politics and dirty business, I suppose. You might call it spiritual… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“For me, Carol, we can't be faithful to God unless we're faithful to the facts, faithful to the data if you will. And so,… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
The scarily brilliant Romantic poet and visionary William Blake dared to say what many of us have perhaps thought but kept to ourselves: “A… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“A generous orthodoxy is like that. It acknowledges that we’re all a mess. It sees in our worst failures the possibility of our deepest… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“Why is it that the choice among churches always seems to be the choice between intelligence on ice and ignorance on fire? —as quoted… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“globalism (for better or worse) transforms personal and ethnic identities, creating hyphenated and cosmopolitan identities—in which people consider themselves first and foremost citizens of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
